Kinetic/Potential Energy
Forms of Energy
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Radiant Energy
Sound Energy
100
The ability to do work.
What is energy?
100
Energy carried by electricity.
What is electrical energy?
100

Law of Conservation of Energy states that....

What is Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

100
This is a type of energy that travels in waves and can travel through empty space.
What is radiant energy?
100
This type of energy is produced by the vibrations of matter. These vibrations can move through solid, liquid or gaseous matter, but they cannot travel through empty space.
What is sound energy?
200
A force (a push or pull) applied to an object which forces the object to move.
What is work?
200
Energy an object has due to its motion, position or condition.
What is mechanical energy?
200

What’s the formula for kinetic energy?

What is KE= 1/2 m X v ^ 2

200
The distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave.
What is wavelength?
200
Rapid back and forth motion of air or other matter.
What are vibrations?
300
The energy any object has because of its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
300
Energy formed when an atom splits apart or when two atoms join to form one.
What is nuclear energy?
300

Give an example of electrical energy converting to thermal energy.

What is a hairdryer, toaster, or curling iron?

300
This object can take visible white light and separate it into the colors of the spectrum.
What is a prism?
300
The number of waves passing a given point in one second.
What is frequency?
400
Stored energy or energy that an object has due to its position.
What is potential energy?
400
Energy stored in the way atoms are connected to each other.
What is chemical energy?
400

Give an example of light energy converting to chemical energy.

What is photosynthesis?

400
This type of radiant energy can be used to kill germs. In people, it can cause sunburn, wrinkling, and skin cancer.
What are ultraviolet rays?
400
Animals that use low frequency sounds to communicate over long distances.
What are elephants?
500
As a roller coaster car goes down a hill, its potential energy is changed into this.
What is kinetic energy?
500
Energy of the movement of atoms and molecules.
What is thermal energy?
500

Name 2 renewable resources.

What are solar, wind, water, geothermal, or biomass?

500
This type of radiant energy can be used to preserve some foods by killing organisms that cause the food to spoil.
What are gamma rays?
500
These sound waves can be used to create images of a patient's body without the harmful effects of x-rays.
What are ultrasound waves?
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